Nothing conspiratorial about it. Just the way it is. State and federal agencies take over and the WHO gets involved. UF will probably get a research grant.
With the warm season and not much AI going on in Fla, I had lapsed in looking at APHIS. Checking today I found that there have been 3 wild bird deaths in my county. Does anyone know if there's a way to find out where in the county they were found?
It would more likely be the state dept. of agriculture or possibly health department than what we think of as local police. I'm sure both of them keep an eye on what's advertised for private sale.